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Zimbabwe has voluntarily become the 10th province of South Africa
After protracted and emotional denials by Zanupf leaders that Zimbabwe is a country in crisis, masses of Zimbabweans that were stuck at Beitbridge border post a few weeks ago exposed Zimbabwe not only...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | 2433 | by Israel Dube
UK, US, EU wants Mnangagwa to probe 2019 killings
THE United States (US) yesterday said Harare should investigate and bring to book the perpetrators of the January 2019 killings, where soldiers and the police allegedly shot and killed at least 23 peo...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1731 | by Staff reporter
Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 222 | by Leonard Koni
Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:12hrs | 451 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa against 'stoking political fires'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against "stoking political fires" through arbitrary arrests of his opponents and silencing of divergent voices....Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 3267 | by Staff reporter
School under probe for brutal assault on pupils
Some pupils at Chemhanza High School in Hwedza are nursing visible back injuries after allegedly being assaulted by the deputy head, with no details of the possible misconduct yet available. B...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:17hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo regrets what he said about Dzamara disappearance
Former Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo says he regrets comments he made during his time as Minister of Information about the disappearance of Itai Dzamara in 2015....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 21:40hrs | 5605 | by Staff reporter
Draft Constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! Below I present to you the Draft Constitution (Part 1 and Part 2 consisting of 47 Articles) of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. The Full Draft Constitutio...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:49hrs | 2126 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1263 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 630 | by Mirian Mangwaya
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2518 | by Samantha Power
Mthwakazi donates wheelchair to gukurahundi victim
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has donated a wheelchair to former ZIPRA cadre, Better Tshuma who lost his legs when he was subjected to acts of torture by the Zimbabwean military during the dark Gukur...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says arrests, torture won't deter it
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed that its supporters will not be distracted from their goal of unseating the Zanu-PF regime by State-sponsored arbitrary arrests, torture and abductions....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | 727 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Rule of law must be observed during COVID-19 lockdown
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) calls upon the government to uphold human rights and observe the rule of law during the COVID-19 national lockdown.This follows the issuance of ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | 86 | by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
Will a divided MDC keep Zimbabwe safe from a one-party state?
While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe's politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 20:24hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Will true Zimbabwe liberation heroes always be 'unknown soldiers' whilst ruling elite over-glorified for sitting pretty in Mozam
If ever there was anyone still harboring inexplicable and incomprehensible doubts regarding the grossly opportunistic, selfish, and self-conceited dark cloud hanging over Zimbabwe's ruling elite, one ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:33hrs | 890 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How did exercising one's democratic rights in Zimbabwe suddenly mean 'engaging in public violence'?
Ever since the so-called 'new dispensation' come into power in November 2017 - via the barrel of the gun, in a military coup d'etat, that ousted long-time brutal dictator, Robert Gabriel Mugabe - the ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 372 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Impala car hire owner dies
IMPALA Car Hire owner, Thompson Dondo died Saturday morning after a short illness, the state media has confirmed.Dondo has recently been in the eye of the storm after one of his rental vehicle...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter
Biti slaps Russian woman with $15 million counter-suit
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has filed a Z$15 million counter-lawsuit against a Russian woman who accused him of assault after calling her a "very stupid idiot," leading to his arrest last ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 16:08hrs | 2853 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's recalled MPs relish over Khupe's political woes
FORMER MDC Alliance female MPs who were recalled from Parliament by embattled ex-MDC-T interim president, Thokozani Khupe are celebrating over the former deputy prime minister's current political woes...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 6804 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer charged over tweet critical of Zanu-PF propaganda video
Prominent Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu was arrested on Tuesday accused of obstructing the course of justice over a tweet published in September.Mpofu attended Harare Central Police sta...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:31hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
2020: The year Zimbabwe opposition was decimated
The year 2020 put Zimbabwe's democracy to the test as many political activists were arrested for trying to exercise their rights to demonstrate while others were allegedly abducted.Political a...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:28hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
2020: A not so rosy year for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents say that the year 2020 must be quickly forgotten as they experienced several misfortunes that include incessant water shortages, and other threats the city such as being declared a ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:04hrs | 101 | by Nqobani Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa will be President again in 2023,' says Ngarivhume
OPPOSITION politician Jacob Ngarivhume sees a bleak future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe, and has resigned to the fact that the ruling Zanu-PF will win again in the 2023 elections.Ngariv...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:28hrs | 4445 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to stop violence
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop violence in the country, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture of civilians under his watch as suc...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:25hrs | 2219 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Unity Day has lost its relevance, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party and political analysts have described the Unity Day holiday as a commemoration that has lost relevance as it no longer reflects the tenets of the unity accord which was signe...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Double trouble for Zimbabwe's poorly paid teachers
Zimbabwe's poorly paid teachers have little room to manoeuvre when trying to force a change in their work environment as the country's laws are heavily staked against government workers, a new report ...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2365 | by Staff reporter
Is the MDC burying its head in the sand?
The piece by former Zanu-PF elections strategist Jonathan Moyo chronicling the missed opportunities by the opposition in the political history of Zimbabwe has once again raised debate on the state of ...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:21hrs | 502 | by Karsten Noko
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 91 | by Sitabile Dewa
It's time to stop the rot in our country
Currently, as it stands, Zimbabwe is in a crisis. A cocktail of challenges face the country and its people.Zimbabwe was set on a wrong foundation. there are all kinds of human rights abuses wh...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 126 | by Anele Ndlovu
COVID-19 perfect cover for autocrats
ZIMBABWE has never been the same after March 30, 2020. Ever since then, the country has been in a lockdown and normal life in a constitutional democracy has been severely pared in the name of combatin...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:49hrs | 110 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1946 | by crisisgroup
MDC Alliance moans over lack of political justice
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has bemoaned the lack of political justice that is being witnessed by some of their remembers.Over the past several months some members of the Youth Assembly have h...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 14:01hrs | 581 | by Daniel Itai
Police officer convicted of assaulting minor
A MUTARE-BASED police officer, Jefinias Mazambani was yesterday convicted of assaulting a 15-year old boy and will spend the next six months in jail.Muzambani was convicted by Magistrate Tenda...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers severely tortured 2 men while praying on mountain
TWO Harare men were recently severely tortured by soldiers while praying on a "prayer mountain".According to Takudzwanashe Mudenga, he and a friend Perfect Khumalo on 13 December went to a mou...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Zapu criticises government over Gukurahundi
THE opposition Zapu has criticised government and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) for failure to consider the1980s Gukurahundi victims emotions inconducting research on the...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo names Muchehiwa CIO abductors, torturers
FORMER Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has published names of more than a dozen alleged intelligence operatives who he said took part in the abduction and torture of 22-year-old journalism student, Taw...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to all former ZIPRA cadres
Greetings to you all! 2020 has been a very challenging year. Many people lost their loved ones to the COVID-19 pandemic and others fell ill due to it. But probably the worst impact of the pand...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 16:47hrs | 1650 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Jonathan Moyo claims to name Muchehiwa abductors
Former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has published names of more than a dozen people, allegedly intelligence operatives, accusing them of the July abduction and torture of 22-year-old university stud...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3430 | by Staff reporter
Ritual and superstition - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The sight of an opposition MP grovelling on the floor of parliament before the Finance Minister to thank him for women's sanitary pads is about as stupefying as South Africa's Chief Justice Mogeong Mo...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:54hrs | 756 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
2020: A year of political drama
IN a few weeks' time, we will all be saying good bye to the year 2020, a year that was pregnant with lots of political drama that left citizens in awe.It is the year that the over confident Ne...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 14:16hrs | 676 | by Khumbulani Vodloza
ZAPU statement on NPRC's purported research program on conflict in Zimbabwe
Following their recently rolled out program on the so called research on pre colonial, colonial and post colonial conflict periods, and also following ZAPU and NPRC meeting in Bulawayo on 11 December ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:34hrs | 469 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zanu-PF government scoring own goals
This is pure and refined drama which is being exposed to the majority of Zimbabweans and must be rejected the people are being subjected to.At the time Zimbabweans thought the government was n...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:36hrs | 2555 | by Leonard Koni
'COVID-19 lockdown increased human rights abuses'
HUMAN rights groups yesterday said Zimbabwe witnessed severe increased violations of people's rights this year due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and pleaded with government to end the use of State ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Pupils barred from exam over US$3 sanitiser
KUWADZANA 3 High School pupils were last Friday barred from sitting for their Ordinary Level Mathematics examination paper after failing to pay US$3 demanded by the school authorities for hand sanitis...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
'Mentally unstable' Mamombe hits out at 'malicious' and 'biased' magistrate
Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe has petitioned the High Court challenging a decision by a Harare magistrate to separate her trial from that of two other activists.Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Ceci...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths invade Zanu-PF strongholds
The MDC Alliance youth assembly has begun mobilisation of youths in rural areas in Zanu-PF's strongholds of Mudzi and UMP as part of the recently launched one million youth recruitment exercise....Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe challenges separation of trial order
MDC Alliance MP for Harare West Joanna Mamombe has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking review of a ruling by magistrate Bianca Makwande to separate her trials with the other ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
State media must desist from fuelling persecution of CSOs
On December 1, 2020, The Herald carried a story headlined "NGOs in MDC-A funding scandal", which insinuated, without solid facts, that civic society organisations from Masvingo had funded an MDC-Allia...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:06hrs | 53 | by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
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